Hunters mistaken as armed, suspicious men

1:47 AM,
Dec. 5, 2013

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There were two reports of hunters being reported as suspicious men with firearms in Pickerington and Lancaster on Wednesday, causing a lockdown at a school and havoc at Anchor Hocking Company.

The Lancaster Police Department said the claim at Anchor Hocking was not valid and received many calls from Anchor-Hocking employees saying they had been notified by the company of an armed man in the area. Officers said these claims were not credible, and upon further investigation, determined the man was hunting.

The Fairfield County Sheriff's Office also received a report of a man with a possible ...